1996 · drama · war · essay
For Ever Mozart
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard1h 25m1996
Episodic film that follows a theater troupe from France attempting to put on a play in Sarajevo. Along their journey they are captured and held in a POW camp, and they call for help from their friends and relations in France.
Our read: For Ever Mozart (1996) reads as a sombre, measured, surreal drama · war · essay entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / war, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- surreal
- cold
- signature
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